Volvo V50: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns for the Volvo V50, model years 2004 to 2011. NHTSA has 15 complaints on file for this model line. 7 of the 8 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Volvo V50 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 7,420 |
| 2010 Volvo V50 | 3 | 1 | 53% | 8,372 |
| 2009 Volvo V50 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 8,856 |
| 2008 Volvo V50 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1,443 |
| 2007 Volvo V50 | 2 | 4 | 213% | 1,530 |
| 2006 Volvo V50 | 3 | 2 | 107% | 39,591 |
| 2005 Volvo V50 | 3 | 8 | 427% | 39,591 |
| 2004 Volvo V50 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 39,175 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
20 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 150 | 3 |
| Power Train | 150 | 3 |
| Tires | 150 | 3 |
| Electrical System | 100 | 2 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 100 | 2 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 100 | 2 |
| Exterior Lighting | 50 | 1 |
| Structure | 50 | 1 |
| Suspension | 50 | 1 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 50 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- V7022 campaigns
- S8027 campaigns
- 8505 campaigns
- S706 campaigns
- S6040 campaigns
- XC9035 campaigns
- V70XC4 campaigns
- S4012 campaigns
- 9601 campaign
- 7406 campaigns
- XC7019 campaigns
- VNL64T0 campaigns
- 9403 campaigns
- 7700 campaigns
- VN6100 campaigns
- VN7700 campaigns
- Volvo2 campaigns
- C7010 campaigns
- V405 campaigns
- Volvo Truck12 campaigns
- VNL87 campaigns
- 7608 campaigns
- VN47 campaigns
- S9013 campaigns
- WIA12 campaigns
- 8544 campaigns
- 8554 campaigns
- 7802 campaigns
- WXR6 campaigns
- VHD61 campaigns
- V908 campaigns
- XC6036 campaigns
- 24512 campaigns
- 24412 campaigns
- VNM45 campaigns
- 7453 campaigns
- WG23 campaigns
- 7442 campaigns
- C304 campaigns
- 9644 campaigns
- ACL19 campaigns
- WXLL11 campaigns
- 9654 campaigns
- VT16 campaigns
- WAH11 campaigns
- WX24 campaigns
- WCA9 campaigns
- 24210 campaigns
- FE72 campaigns
- VAH20 campaigns
- VNL (4)19 campaigns
- V6016 campaigns
- VNR17 campaigns
- V60CC13 campaigns
- FE10 campaigns
- VNRE (electric)7 campaigns
- XC4013 campaigns
- V90CC9 campaigns
- F864 campaigns
- VNR (4)9 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Volvo V50: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volvo/v50/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Volvo V50 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2010 with 3, 2009 with 3, 2008 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Volvo V50 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2005 model year, with 8 of the 15 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Volvo V50 name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 3 component mentions. Power Train: 3 component mentions. Tires: 3 component mentions.